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Thou Hast Murdered Thyself

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Kim Newman discusses Poe, the man and his alter-ego, looking at one of his lesser known stories, William Wilson. By analysing it, he believes we may come closest to understanding the terrors that fired Poe's imagination.

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Fri 11 Dec 200923:00
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